Admete schythei
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| Admete schythei | |
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| Shell of Admete schythei (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Admete |
| Species: | A. schythei |
| Binomial name | |
| Admete schythei (Philippi, 1855) | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cancellaria schythei Philippi, 1855 | |
Admete schythei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
The shell grows to a length of 16 mm in a spiral shape a trait shared by others of its genus.
